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Power Rank - August 2014 - Page 5

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Luolis
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Finland7191 Posts
September 01 2014 15:53 GMT
#81
Imo Welmu deserves to be in top 5 foreigners.
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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52798 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-01 15:55:23
September 01 2014 15:54 GMT
#82
On September 02 2014 00:51 lopido wrote:
Taeja, Polt and Innovation in the top 10...
This must be a joke, come on guys, foreign teams doesnt mean they deserve to be overhyped like this.
Taeja 4th is the biggest joke tho.

Agreed, why is TaeJa not first and why is Polt top 10. Please fix.

-.-

(INnoVation is in the RO16 of GSL btw, and TaeJa has been beating top koreans for months now)
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REyeM
Profile Joined August 2014
2674 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-01 16:02:13
September 01 2014 15:55 GMT
#83
On September 02 2014 00:47 phagga wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 02 2014 00:09 REyeM wrote:
On September 02 2014 00:08 phagga wrote:
On September 01 2014 23:39 REyeM wrote:
PartinG and TaeJa above soO, Really?? Also Polt is number #8? Are you kidding me? It's arguable if he would even make Code A, let alone Code S.

You guys give WAY to much credit for people that play outside of Korea.

1.) Rain
2.) soO
3.) Maru
4.) Flash
5.) Zest
6.) Soulkey
7.) Cure
8.) Solar
9.) PartinG
10.) Random foreign Korean, or TeamLiquid player if you people have THAT big of a need to make a list with atleast 1 of those players I.E. TaeJa.

Edit: Slight adjustments

According to Aligulac, TaeJa is:

5-1 vs Zest
4-3 vs Solar
And 1-3 vs Flash. He did not play any other players of your list in the last two months, but regarding this results I don't see why he cannot be ahead of Solar and Zest at this point.




Would you consider Shine to be above Soulkey?

Edit: or Polt above TaeJa?


Shine has not gotten anywhere in any tourney in the last two months, so he has no business on this list.

The people Polt has beaten to get second place in Atlanta were all non-koreans. For the run in Detroit he beat San and violett (besides Taeja), not really the strongest opponents.

Taeja on the other hand has beaten Zest and violet in Toronto and Life, MMA, Zest, Jaedong and Solar in Shenzen. I think the difference in quality of opponents should be obvious. Therefore I would not put Polt ahead of Taeja.

If you look at the quality of the opponents that Solar has beaten in the last two months, I'd say Taeja has beaten the same quality of players as Solar has. Also, Solar placed Second in one premier tournament (Shenzen) since the beginning of july while Taeja won Shenzen, was the runner-up in Detroit and got into the semif-finals in Toronto. Finally, Their winrates against koreans is very similar around 65%, with 37-22 (90-56 in Maps) for Solar vs 12-6 (31-23 in maps) for Taeja. Therefore I'd take the direct confrontation more into account.

Edit: Looking through the results, I would agree though that zest could well be ahead of Taeja in the ranking.


Fair point, I won't argue that TaeJa has a place on this list (8~15), Polt on the other hand absolutely no. As for the Shine thing I was using him as an example that even tho he dominated Soulkey for a period of time,

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http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/details.php?section=hots&type=players&id=647&part=games&vs=623&league=any&map=any&from_year=1999&from_month=1&from_day=1&to_year=2014&to_month=8&to_day=27&action=Update


he was not better than him.

Edit: Sorry, I suck at html
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[F_]aths
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany3947 Posts
September 01 2014 15:55 GMT
#84
Rain #1, when we have Zest?
You don't choose to play zerg. The zerg choose you.
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52798 Posts
September 01 2014 15:56 GMT
#85
On September 02 2014 00:55 [F_]aths wrote:
Rain #1, when we have Zest?

Zest going 1-5 against TaeJa and 1-4 against Flash put a damper on things.
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Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
September 01 2014 15:59 GMT
#86
Also where's Classic? Most recent GSL champion doesn't even get top 10? Polt higher than classic because he won an event where he only had to play two strong opponents?
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16125 Posts
September 01 2014 16:03 GMT
#87
The only person I would argue that's stronger than Maru right now is Rain, but we've seen Maru handle him before when it mattered and so I believe he can do it again.

Good ranking, can't say I can argue with it too much.
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Corazon
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States3230 Posts
September 01 2014 16:04 GMT
#88
If you actually watched soO's games you would see that he doesn't even deserve to be in the top 25
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klipik12
Profile Joined March 2012
United States241 Posts
September 01 2014 16:05 GMT
#89
Not a good time for Zergs, I see.
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Darkdwarf
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Sweden960 Posts
September 01 2014 16:06 GMT
#90
Awesome to see the power rank return!
Teams: IM, Jin Air, Invictus || Players: Maru, GuMiho, INnoVation, Ryung, sOs, Squirtle, NaNiwa, Has, Zoun, Life, Rogue, Dark
djraphi23
Profile Joined August 2013
France2262 Posts
September 01 2014 16:07 GMT
#91
On September 02 2014 00:59 Dodgin wrote:
Also where's Classic? Most recent GSL champion doesn't even get top 10? Polt higher than classic because he won an event where he only had to play two strong opponents?


Don't forget the GSL Season 2 finals was in June. Since then, he is disappointing.
Eliminated in Code S, lost the final match against TY in Proleague, no surprise he is not in the ranking.
Polt | Bomber | MMA | Taeja | Maru | TY | Byun | Innovation
stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
September 01 2014 16:08 GMT
#92
I woulda went with Flash #1, but no one asked me.
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Fuell
Profile Joined February 2011
Netherlands3111 Posts
September 01 2014 16:10 GMT
#93
Terran dominance its a good thing toi see
fOu/Zenith/NEX/WeRRa/SlayerS
Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
September 01 2014 16:14 GMT
#94
On September 02 2014 01:07 djraphi23 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 02 2014 00:59 Dodgin wrote:
Also where's Classic? Most recent GSL champion doesn't even get top 10? Polt higher than classic because he won an event where he only had to play two strong opponents?


Don't forget the GSL Season 2 finals was in June. Since then, he is disappointing.
Eliminated in Code S, lost the final match against TY in Proleague, no surprise he is not in the ranking.


According to TLPD he's barely played any games since the GSL finals(which was at the very end of June, not too long ago). Seems like a huge oversight to not include him since he doesn't get to go to EZ foreign tournaments like red bull battlegrounds.
PerSe
Profile Joined June 2013
United Kingdom550 Posts
September 01 2014 16:14 GMT
#95
Rain #1 is fair enough, he's looking indomitable. But Flash should at least be #2 given his insane record over August.
eurTsItniH
Profile Joined January 2012
887 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-01 16:17:59
September 01 2014 16:15 GMT
#96
I love power rankings, but this has to be the one I disagree the most with :[ By the way might just be me, but I was not a fan of you beginning with number 1!

Also isn't this power ranking for august? It seems a bit strange you put Maru above Flash then, when you even state yourself that Maru has not been performing that well this month.
Kitai
Profile Joined June 2012
United States885 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-01 16:17:39
September 01 2014 16:16 GMT
#97
As a TaeJa fan, I was totally behind his #1 placement a few months ago. I think he's a bit too high on the list at the moment though. I agree with #1, but I was expecting Flash to be ranked higher than Maru atm. I think he's the best terran in the world right now. Well done overall though, especially with the foreigner ranks.
"You know, I don't care if soO got 100 second places in a row. Anyone who doesn't think that he's going to win blizzcon watching this series is a fool" - Artosis, Blizzcon 2014 soO vs TaeJa
Thyrym
Profile Joined December 2013
89 Posts
September 01 2014 16:24 GMT
#98
Rain #1 is expected... i think he will take GSL,KeSPA Cup and Blizzcon, he looks unbeatable...

The problem is, if rain take all these things... Protoss OP spam will begin again...
goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44298 Posts
September 01 2014 16:26 GMT
#99
I really do think flash should be number one.
this is a quote
Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
September 01 2014 16:31 GMT
#100
On September 02 2014 00:03 The_Red_Viper wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2014 23:56 Thax wrote:
On September 01 2014 23:53 Greenei wrote:
How you can not agree with putting Flash as #1 is beyond me. WTF? Best winrate, brought his team to a proleaguevictory, did well in GSL and won IEM. WHAT IS HE SUPPOSED TO DO? Maybe he needs to do a handstand while playing to appease the mighty TL writers?


Do more than just perform good for a month or 2?

1. this is a power rank for the month of august.
2. he does well for more than one month or two already
3. Flash really should be number one this month

Obviously you never can make THE perfect list, but parting and polt seem to be very weirdly placed too


The Power Rank takes into account more than solely the month it pertains to, which is stated clearly in the OP.
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